The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-02-02
Ibelieve it to he the rule certeris

I believe it to be the rule cerferis
pds.i5us that children compelled 10
buffet the storms and privatinns of
life, removed from temptations that.
waste their physical and mental
energies, with sufficient. but fru-
gallfare to developa vigorous and
healthy muscular growth. are those
who. when mentally trained, make
our large men aud women.
We doubtless lay the foundation
of long train Of neurotics in the
manner in which we school our
daughters. Not that we should
curtail their curricnlums, as we
should give liberal education To
those to whom we look for all that
is noble. moral and refined, WHOSE
exemplary goodness begets honor
bravery and patriotism in thessters
ner sex.
But to require them in the same
length of time to master the. usual
curriculum for boys. pins the .varil
Gus accomplishments regarded as
necessary to a young lady, and
that at an age when she should
have perfect rest, of one-sixth of
her time, brings forth highly
educated. and accomplished pseudo
invalids, with untold aches and
pains that continue through life.
Still there is a remedy for this, it
is simply to increase the school
time of our daughters, in ratio to
accomplishments desired plus the
time Of incapacity just mentioned.
Now ladies and gentlemen if my
premises are well taken, the argu
ment shows that thelargest amount
of nervous diseases are preventable,
and were the habits of the .Ameti.
cans changed in the par / ca4ars sci
forth, for a few geiYeratiors this
class of diseases would decrease; and
phosphorated, neryines and other
remedies, exhibited only to that
class; would soon be dropped from
our Materie Medic9
The present Democratic LegiSla.
ture owes greater duty tothe par y
than to the feelings nr sensitiveness
of the individual members. They
wee elected as party, representa-
tlves and not as individuals. The
! integrityaof the partv,its future and
its success il, to the State, of much
greater consequence than the pay
ment of debt of revenge, or the
wiping out of political insult.
The violation of established rusages
and rules is the first step toward
humiliation and defeat.-inder.
Allen ca Thurman recalls the
fact that when he entered the SEN
ate j in 1869 the democratic party
had but nine members in that
branch of Congress. Ten years
later the Senate stood: Democrats,
~; republicans, SO. He attributes
ldenIocratic aScendeney in that body
~ cOSp deSAoIG p6IA'ht -dAu- aga III
at such discouraging odds to the
following causes: First, unaelfish
devotion TO Democratic principles;
second, he wisdom and virtue oil
the American people, who saw the
danger of our political institution
heing overthrown unless a halt
was called upon the methndS of the
republican leaders; third, the ex-
-ctsses of these leaders which had
become so bold as to awaken the
public apprehension, aud, finally.
a leadership that had neither chi.
cane nor cowardice in it-that fear
ed no Issue and Judged none; that
did not.believe that corruption wa,
a better soldier than honesty, and
held unswervingly to the doctrine
that this country is safer in the
hands of democrats than repub.
iicans."
A man was found dead in one of
the ore bins of the top mill5at Wheel
ing, one morning last week. The